Sunday, April 07, 2013

Hoping for April showers as the cistern in the barn is too low for the water pump to bring up water. It is a bit of a pain to haul water from the house all the way down to the barn to water all the animals.

Meanwhile, there have been things to blog about but it just didn't happen. A few things of note:

Song Sparrows, Meadowlarks, and Cowbirds have all returned and are singing around the house. The Spring Peepers are calling loudly with a Chorus Frog or two in the mix.

At the end of March I did the 30 km (18.6 mile) run around the Hamilton Bay for one more time. I keep saying it's the last and, since I turned 70 in January, I think I really mean it this time. I just had to do it one more time. The last 3 km were very painful but I did finish.

Our new dog Sadie, is doing well and we are all learning more about how to get along with each other.

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About Me

I have wandered, walked, run, backpacked, cycled, and skied several thousands of kilometres in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa, and the South Pacific.
I have also canoed through many lakes and rivers. I have wandered as far north as the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Territories of Canada and as far south as the South Island in New Zealand. I have wandered to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and to the tops of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Ben Nevis in Scotland, Mount Washington in New Hampshire, and many other mountains in the Appalachian chain.
My longest walk was a 700 kilometre (435 mile) backpacking summer on the Appalachian Trail. My most challenging canoe trip was through most of the length of the Churchill River in Labrador.
Regardless of my foreign wanderings many of my most pleasurable wanderings have been within 10 km (6 miles) of wherever I happen to be living.
In words from the character Samuel Hamilton in John Steinbeck's East of Eden, "I take a pleasure in inquiring into things. I've never been content to pass a stone without looking under it."